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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| what religions aree connected to other older religions? | judaism -->christianity, islam |
| what is religion | A system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life in terms of culturally perceived ultimate priorities |
| universalizing religion | Religions that actively seek converts because members believe they offer belief systems of universal appropriateness and appeal (Christianity and Islam) |
| ethnic religion | Religions whose adherents are born into their faith and whose members do not actively seek converts (Judaism) |
| monotheistic religion | Only believe in one God/ higher power |
| polytheistic religion | Believe in more than one God or higher power |
| animistic religions | Does not believe in a higher power, but a natural/ spiritual realm Nature is to be respected as a thing |
| orthodox religions | Religions that stick to the purity of their faith |
| syncretic religions | Religions that combine elements of two or more different religions |
| where do ethnic religions tend to be | remote areas |
| what 2 religions make up the world majority of followers | christianity and islam |
| shamansim | A community faith tradition in which people follow their shaman, a religious leader, teacher, healer, and visionary Most in Africa and near Saudi Arabia |
| secularism | You set your own ideas, morals, and ethics Not based on a deity or promise of an afterlife The belief that “self” is most important 89% of china Under 15% in the U.S. A big idea in Europe |
| sacred sites | Places or spaces people infuse with religious meaning |
| pilgrimage | Purposeful travel to a religious site to pay respects or participate in a ritual at the site |
| sacred sites of shintoism | shrine gates |
| sacred sites of taoism | temples |
| sacred sites of confucianism | temples, statues of confucius |
| sacred sites of jerusalem | western wall temple mount great synagogue temples synagogues |
| sacred sites of christianity | notre dame church vatican city garden tomb |
| sacred sites of islam | dome of the rock muslime mosques (two towers) the Hajj Mecca |
| sacred sites of hinduism | ganges river temples palace of gold |
| sacred sites of buddhism | temples look like bells lumbini sarnath |
| sacred sites of sikhism | the golden temple |
| government of religion in soviet union | had policy of atheism- discouraged practices |
| how many countires of the world have official state religion | 43 (22%) |
| how many countires of the world have preferred/favored religion | 40 (20%) |
| how many countires of the world have no offical religion | 106 (53%) |
| how many countires of the world have hostile rules against religions | 10 (5%) |
| what area has many cases of blasephemy= arrest or death | middle east |
| how many religions does china regognize as official | 5- catholocism, protestantism, taoism, buddhism, islam |
| what is the caste system in india | Gods --> Priest, Academics --> warrior, kings --> merchants, landowners --> commoners --> untouchables |
| what are the israeli and palestine conflict over | religion and territory jews and muslims |
| what is shamanism | A community faith tradition in which people follow their shaman, a religious leader, teacher, healer, and visionary |
| what is secularism | You set your own ideas, morals, and ethics Not based on a deity or promise of an afterlife The belief that “self” is most important 89% of china Under 15% in the U.S. A big idea in Europe |
| what is ethnic enclave | One ethnic group is surrounded by lots of other ethnic groups in an urban environment |
| what is race | Skin color Eyes Hair texture Different importance to different people Most people in the world look at you by |
| what is ethnicity | Heritage Choice The culture you associate with, your beliefs You can have different ethnic groups in the same race |
| what is nationality | countries politics |
| How do governments collect data? | USA Census |
| How do we map the distributions of ethnicities? | ethnic enclave |
| example of ethnic enclave | chinatown |
| how is ethnicity affected | scale and place |
| ethnocentrism | Viewing the world through their own cultural view This will cause people to clash |
| forced diffusion ex | african slave trade |
| why do people voluntarily diffuse | Business reasons Religious reasons |
| intraregional migration | Moving within one region |
| interregional migration | Moving from one region to another |
| residential segregation | The “degree to which two or more groups live separately from one another, in different parts of the urban environment” |
| where is The highest rate of residential segregation for African Americans | milwaukee, wisconsin |
| Lowest rate of residential segregation for hispanics/latinos and Asians/pacific islanders | baltimore, maryland |
| redlining | A discriminatory practice that puts services (financial and otherwise) out of reach for residents of certain areas based on race or ethnicity |
| blockbusting | Realtors would sell homes in a middle-income area to an ethnic minority and then go to others and say the neighborhood is changing to get people to move out and influence who is living in the city |
| apartheid | The policy of segregation that barred the black people from jobs, high-paying education, etc - everything was segregated Ends in 1970’s → Nelson Mandella was a leader in this movement and became the first black president in south africa |
| burma and myanmar conflict | between rohingya (Muslim) and rakhine (buddhist) myanmar military crackdown on muslims rohinya were stripped of legal status people flew to neighboring countries to avoid and rohingya became stateless villages destroyed |
| genocide in ethipoia | between trigayans, amharas, oromos Ethiopia fought a war with militants and then under the control of the Tigray people Oromia conflict: 100 people were kidnapped for ransom from Ethiopia's restive regions Afar and Somali conflict: the special kebeles |
| genocide in ethiopia pt 2 | caused displacement of of people health of people drop abiy ordered a military assault against TPLF |
| democratic republic of congo | ethnic fighting between hutu and tutsi armed conflict and militia violence fighting over territory and resources the twa people go extinct (forgotten victimss) started after rwandan genocide and respionded by invading DRC |
| rwanda conflict | hutus and tutsis organzied by hutu extremist 100 days long hutu resent tutsi for being more liked by belgium assasinatioon oof president habyarimanna |
| bosnia war | between bosniak serbs, muslims, and croats because of ethnic tensions disagreement of political power, land, and ethnic identitity breakup of yugoslavia --> opposed bosnian serbs humanitarian crisis |
| judaism | hearth- canaan founder- abraham writings- torah, tanakh, talmud symbols- menorah, torah, star of david areas diffused- israel, U.S. western europe, argentina beliefs- resurrection, messiah, afterlife, good deeds ethnic and monotheistic |
| christianity | universaling and monotheistic hearth- judea founder- Jesus Christ writing- The Bible beliefs- Jesus died and rose again, Holy Trinity symbolds- the cross, fish, anchor, the dove churches sacred space- jerusalem, gaililee, bethlehem |
| divisions of judaism areas diffused | orthodox, conservatic, reform |
| divisions of christianity areas diffused | catholocism, orthodoxy, protestantism roman empire spain asia africa europe |
| Sikhism | universalizing and monotheistic hearth- punjab region (india) beliefs- birth, life, rebirth, karma founder- guru nanak writings- guru granth symbols- kirpan, kesh, kara cultural landscape- gurwards, holy pooks blended religion |
| sikhism division areas diffused | khalsa, namdhari, nirankari, nanakpanthi u.s, some in europe, neighboring countries |
| buddhism | universaliving, non poly or monotheistic hearth- bodhi tree founder- siddhartha gautama writings- tripitaka, dharma beliefs- suffering is caused by desire, karma, nirvana temples symbols- bdohi tree, bells, lotus oldest practiced religion |
| buddhism divisions and areas diffused | theravada, nahayana, vajrayana central and east asia, thailand, vietnam |
| islam | universalizing and monotheistic symbols- the cresus and star, shahada, kaaba hearth- mecca founder- muhammad writings- the qur'an mosques, jerusalem, the tomb, medina fastest growing religion |
| islam divisions and areas diffused | sunni, shiah, khawarij arabia, middle east, africa |
| taosim | ethnic and polytheistic symbols- yin-yang hearth- china (hanen) founder- lao tzu writings- tao te chang, zhuangzi mount wudang, feng shui, teple of heaven beliefs- immortality, balance, nature |
| taosim divisions and areas diffused | zhengyi and quanzhen korea, japan, vietnam, spead through china |
| confucianism | ethnic, not mono or ploy founder- confucius writings- confucian classics no higher diety hearth- huang he (yellow river) temples diffused to east and southeast asia 2500 yrs ago meaning of life lay in present |
| hinduism | ethnic, universalizing, polytheistic hearth- indus river valley no founder farms, temples, ganges river, mathura, benares beliefs- karma, cherish all living creatures writings- sruti, vedas, puranas symbols- om, swastika, lotus flower prayer, offer |
| hindusim divisons and areas diffused | vaishnarism, shaivism, shaktism, smartism trade routes through indus vally southeast asia india |
| shintoism | ethnic and polytheistic hearth- japan no founder writings- kojiki, nihon-gi symbols- torii gate, tomoe, shimenawa fushimi inairi taisha, ise rgande shrine shrines, scared forest, nature, purity, worship lkami asia, us, taiwan, korea no prayers |
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